Hook hold



H. L. WHITELEY.

HOOK HOLD.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29, 1919.

Patented Jan. 3, 1922.

NVENTOR M 8 BY ATTORNEYS' STATS TNT HOOK HOLD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 3, 1922.

Application filed October 29, 1919. Serial No. 334,305.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HowAnn L. WHrrnLnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowell, in the county of Middlesex andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Hook Holds; and I do hereby declare the following to.be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to hookholds. The object of the invention is to produce a hook-hold for use on bales and rolls of material liable to be injured by the use of the bale-hook. The invention consists in a hook-hold adapted to be secured to a bale or package by the hoops or ropes or wires used on the bale and provided with a projecting portion adapted to be engaged by the bale-hook. present invention consists in the hook-hold hereinafter described and particularly defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred form of the invention, Fig. l is a side elevation; Fig. 2 is a front elevation; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the preferred form of the hook-hold hereinafter described; Fig. 4 is a view of a bale showing the hook-hold in place on the bale illustrating its mode of use.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention is described as follows: The body 1 of the hook-hold consistsof a piece 'of sheet iron. This is provided with a longitudinal groove 2 to receive the bale strap or hoop. At each end of the body of the hook-hold it is pierced to form an eye 3 through which the bale hoop or strap is passed. At the center of the body 1 a hook loop or eye l is provided. This hook loop 4 is stamped up from the body 1 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, being arched from side to side, the arch having flaring mouths5 at each end adapted to receive the receives the bale strap or hoop, holds the hook-hold in place and at the same time To the above end the bale-hook. The groove 2 affords a groove to guide the point of the balehook into the hook-loop 4.

The present invention may be embodied in many different forms and may be made of any suitable material. In its broader aspects it comprises a hook-loop or eye adapted to receive the bale-hook and means for holding the hook-loop or eye on the package. As many hook-holds may be used on each package as is demanded by its size, weight, etc.

The injury to expensive good baled for shipment by the balehook is in the aggregate very large. The injury to baled cotton goods by bale-hooks would, in a single year, amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars in the United Statesalone, a loss which has thrown a heavy burden upon the transportation companies. The use of the hook-hold of this invention will entirely eliminate or largely reduce this loss.

Having thus described is claimed is:

1. A hook-hold for shipping packages comprising a hook-loop to receive a bale hook and means for holding the hook-loop on the package.

2. A' hook-hold for shipping )ackages comprising a hook-loop to receive a bale hook and a body portion by which the hookloop is adapted to be secured to the package, such body portion being pierced to receive the bale strap or hoop.

3. A hook-hold for shipping packages comprising a hook-loop to receive a balehook and a body portion provided with a hook guiding groove directed toward the eye ofthe loop for guiding a bale-hook point to the hook-loop.

4. A hook-hold for shipping packages comprising a body portion consisting of a piece of sheet iron having a longitudinal groove adapted to receive the bale-hoop or strap and having a hook-loop or eye stamped up from the body portion for engagement by a bale-hook.

HOWARD LUTHER W HITELEY.

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